Fedora Samba

questo tutorial non è mio ma è stato scritto da vorteX sul forum di Fedora Faq

HOW-TO: Set-up SMB for XP, painlessly

Ok, let's do it! Keep in mind, commands are in bold. For simplicity, become root (by issuing su -) now and stay root until otherwise stated.

Task - Install/Update

It helps immensely when we have the software installed. I have tested these simple instructions on samba-3.0.0-15. To check which version of samba you have installed or to simply check whether or not it's even present, issue the rpm -q samba command. If you don't have samba installed or need to upgrade, a simple yum install samba should be sufficient.

Task - Configure Me! (General)

Ok the previous task was simple enough. Now let's dig thru some configuration files. I will be editing the file in vi, however you can use what you're most comfortable in. Let's first issue service stop smb to keep from people poking around. Now lets vi /etc/samba/smb.conf. Immediate hit a to throw ourselves into insert mode. Using the arrow keys to move around, edit these variables: (they are in the order of appearence although some scrolling down will be needed)

• workgroup - Of which workgroup do you want this to be a part of? If you're unsure, on your XP box, right click My Computer, click Properties, click the Computer Name tab, then look for Workgroup. Set it to that.
• server string - Pretty description of your samba box. Look at picture above.
• hosts allow - Remove the semi-colon at the beginning of this line to enable it's usage (STRONGLY RECOMMENDED). I recommend you, on your XP box, click Start > Run > cmd (hit enter) and at the prompt type ipconfig. Jot down your Local Area Connection's IP Address, remove the last octet (example: 192.168.11.50 becomes 192.168.11.) and then append 127. to it. Put that as the value of this variable. (Ex: 192.168.11. 127.)
• encrypt passwords - Remove the semi-colon at the beginning of this line and set it to yes. This will keep XP from complaining (and not working) about your authentication with the samba box.
• smb passwd file - Remove the semi-colon at the beginning of this line. We'll create this file later.
• os level - Remove the semi-colon at the beginning of this line and set it to 32 (max for Windows). Don't worry about this too much.

This is all that needs changing to get us up and browsing through our own home directories/printers. Let's now hit the ESC key, then press SHIFT-Z-Z to save and exit.

Task - Configure Me! (Users/Finishing Up)

This is a boring task. Configuring users. Let's get this over with by issuing cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /tmp/smbpass.tmp. This will print out your /etc/passwd file (contains users), pipe it to the mksmbpasswd script, then output an empty user template into /tmp/smbpass.tmp. When that finishes (should be quick), issue vi /tmp/smbpass.tmp. Don't be scared - You just need to be concerned about the usernames on the left hand side. Most of these users are for common services, so you don't want them to be used to access network shares. Scroll down to the line in which the unwanted user lies and hit D twice (DD) (removes line). Get rid of: root, bin, daemon, adm, lp, sync, shutdown, halt, mail, news, uucp, operator, games, gopher, ftp, nobody, rpm, vcsa, nscd, sshd, rpc, rpcuser, nfsnobody, mailnull, smmsp, pcap, mysql, should they exist. After you're left with at least one human user, hit SHIFT-Z-Z to save and exit. Let's now drop this file into it's proper place by issuing mv /tmp/smbpass.tmp /etc/samba/smbpasswd.

Now that we have a valid list of samba users, we need to assign passwords (arghhh boorrringggg). Use the command smbpasswd username (replacing username with a user) to assign passwords. This needs to be done for every samba user, don't try to skip it!

Task - Start er' up!

Ok phew, we're done! This is easy - Issue service smb start. You should now see what you saw above, in My Network Places > View Workgroup Computers. You'll need to authenticate as the users we set up above, to browse your home directory!

Further configuration can be done by reading the official Samba FAQ stated at the beginning of this guide.

Have fun!

February 14, 2004 @ 12:21PM // Initial posting.